| Evidence: | 'Mary reads greek & Rassalas in the evening Hookham calls.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 19 Sep 1814 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | evening daytime |
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| Place: | city: London specific address: 56 Margaret Street, Cavendish Square |
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| Reader: | Mary Godwin |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 30 Aug 1797 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Author |
| Religion: | Christian |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | later Mary Shelley |
| Author: | Samuel Johnson |
| Title: | Rasselas |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Unknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 8693 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Mary Shelley | |
| Editor: | Paula Feldman | |
| Title: | The Journals of Mary Shelley | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1995 | |
| Vol: | 1 | |
| Page: | 27 | |
| Additional comments: | Additional Editor Diana Scott-Kilvert |
| Citation: | Mary Shelley, Paula Feldman (ed.), The Journals of Mary Shelley (London, 1995), 1, p. 27, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=8693, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
| It is not clear if the "in the evening" is referring to Hookham calling or to the reading. No information is available on the Greek which Mary was studying. |
Reading Experience Database version 2.0. Page updated: 27th Apr 2016 3:15pm (GMT)